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The west side center will offer quality care with early education opportunities.

In parts of the city, racial segregation in schools is often a reality. But small parent-led initiatives - one immigrant-led, one native-led - have been working to change perceptions and enrollment.

Indiana's Department of Child Services isn't meeting the legal requirements for the number of cases its workers can take on. They would need 77 additional family case managers to comply with the law. But, instead of asking legislators for money to hire more workers, DCS is conducting an internal workload study. That has some worried about the welfare of children.

Tax revenues were just barely below projected levels in January, about $2 million off the mark. Collections were dragged down by sub-par months from both sales and individual income tax revenues.

Attorney General Greg Zoeller made regulating e-cigarettes one of his priorities this session. And while proposed legislation aims to regulate the makers and sellers of e-liquids, which are used in e-cigs, the bill does nothing regarding e-cigarettes themselves.

Last Wednesday, the Indiana State Health Department declared an HIV outbreak in southeastern Indiana. All of the cases were linked to IV drug abuse, specifically of the powerful prescription narcotic, Opana.

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works says at least 10 crews will begin working five days a week to patch hundreds of potholes around the city.

Members of the Central Time Coalition visited the Statehouse on Thursday, just ahead of Sunday's daylight saving time clock change. The group maintains that in parts of the state in the Eastern time zone it's often too dark as children head to school.

It's been a turbulent year for Indiana teachers. New academic standards and an overhauled ISTEP were hastily introduced for this school year. Teachers are doing their best to fill-in students' knowledge gaps and get them ready for the more complex standardized exam now underway.

The Hoosier State Rail Line's future had been in some doubt for months because of funding issues. But it wasn't those concerns that led to INDOT's announcement. Instead, new federal requirements imposed on the state are the cause.